Conferences

Conference Hosting

Hosting an ACADIA conference is a great way to both serve the design computation community and bring more exposure to your own home institution. ACADIA is always interested in expanding our community into new locations and institutions and partnering with local groups interested in the field of design computation.

If you are, or might be, interested in chairing or serving on the technical program committee, or serving as Site Coordinator, please contact the ACADIA President. We can work with you to assess whether you are ready to make a proposal, and we can help you understand the process involved. Technical and Site chairs from previous conferences can help you organize a proposal. Please contact us as soon as you can, even if you are early in developing a proposal. ACADIA starts planning future conferences 1-2 years in advance.

Conference Guidelines

Here are a number of documents that should help you understand what is expected of ACADIA conference hosts, as well as what is provided in terms of support for hosts. If you are thinking about hosting a conference and have any questions, we urge you to contact the current president for further conversations.

This collection needs to be organized and structured some more before it can be considered a "user manual" for conferences, but it should help you to get started. Remember, your questions will help us refine and improve this, so we really want you to ask them.

Documents

• ACADIA Conference - RFP.doc
ACADIA hosts one conference each year. Conference responsibilities are generally divided between a Site Chair and a Technical Chair. While it is desirable to have a coordinated proposal, separate proposals for site and technical aspects of the conference are not uncommon.
• TemplateConferenceDuties.doc
Additional information about respective duties regarding conference organization.
• SCAD_ACADIA_2005.pdf
This is a copy of a successful conference application package.
• TemplateChairAwardLetters.doc
Once you have submitted your application, the Steering Committee must review it. If the Steering Committee accepts the proposal, the President will be authorized to compose a letter such as this, in which the formal structure of the conference organization is set forth.
• ACADIA Conference - Sup Info.doc
Some supplemental information.
• 2006AwardLetter.pdf
A pdf copy of the 2006 Award letter from the President to the Conference organizers.

Legal Notes

We have learned that greater clarity is needed regarding budgeting responsibilities and the conference process, especially in the hectic days shortly before the conference itself happens. For that reason, certain legal text is inserted into many of the ACADIA.ORG conference pages in order to clarify for organizers and potential vendors who may, and who may not, commit ACADIA resources. This is not meant to be threatening or frightening, just clear information:

Notice: Neither the Site Coordinator, the host institution nor the Technical Chair is authorized to incur expenses, enter into contracts or incur legal obligations of any kind whatsoever on behalf of ACADIA without the express prior written approval of ACADIA's President on behalf of the ACADIA Steering Committee.

Past Conferences

Conference Proceedings

Each year ACADIA holds a conference at which peer-reviewed papers are presented and published in a volume of conference proceedings. Members receive the current year's proceedings as a benefit of membership. Proceedings availability for prior years is shown on this page. The years, titles, and purchase prices of each proceedings are noted below.

In addition to the physical copies, all papers and projects form the annual conference Proceedings are stored on CumInCAD. All ACADIA Members have access to the papers on CumInCAD.

Although most Proceedings are out of print, you can purchase copies of some of the recent conferences through the links below. If you have questions, contact the Membership Officer membership@acadia.org for assistance.

Year	Item	Price
	International Orders (Book) We require an additional $20 USD for international orders on printed proceedings books. Please add this item to the cart if you are ordering from outside the U.S.A.	$20
	International Orders (CD) We require an additional $5 USD for international orders for CDs. Please add this item to the cart if you are ordering a CD from outside the U.S.A.	$5
2011	ACADIA 2011 Regional - Parametricism: Student Performance Criteria (SPC) Proceedings Editors: Janghwan Cheon, Steve(n) Hardy, Timothy Hemsath	FREE	DigitalCommons
2010	LIFE in:formation Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture Editors: A. Sprecher, S. Yeshayahu, and P. Lorenzo-Eiroa		Order from Amazon.com
2010	LIFE in:formation Exhibition Catalogue Editors: C. Ahrens, A. Schmitzberger, M. Wen-Sen Su		Order from Amazon.com
2009	reForm() Proceedings of the 29th annual conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture Editors: T. Sterk, R. Loveridge	$80	Order thru conference site
2008	Silicon + Skin: Biological Processses and Computation Proceedings of the 28th annual conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture Editors: A. Kudless, N. Oxman, and M. Swackhamer	$50	Order directly from LuLu
2008	Exhibition Catalog Proceedings of the 28th annual conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture Editors: B. Faircloth, K. Moe, and D. Gissen	$40	Order directly from LuLu
2007	Expanding Bodies Editors: B. Lilley, P. Beesley	$75
2006	Synthetic Landscapes Editors: G. Luhan, P. Anzalone, M. Cabrinha, & C. Clarke	$50
2005	Smart Architecture Editor: O. Ataman		Out of Print
2004	Fabrication (CD) [a CD containing a full digital copy of the 2004 proceedings in searchable PDF format plus additional presentations and content in PowerPoint and PDF formats] Editors: S. Williamson, P. Beesley, N. Cheng		Out of Print
2003	Connecting -- Crossroads of Digital Discourse Editor: K. Klinger		Out of Print
2002	Design, research, education, & practice in the space between the physical and virtual Editor: G. Proctor		Out of Print
2001	Reinventing the Discourse Editor: W. Jabi		Out of Print
2000	Eternity, Infinity, and Virtuality in Architecture Editors: M Clayton and G. P. Vasquez de Velasco	$25	Order from Amazon.com
1999	Media and Design Process Editors: O. Ataman and J. Bermudez		Out of Print
1998	Do Computers Make a Difference in Design Studio? Editors: S. van Wyk and T. Seebohm		Out of Print
1997	Representation and Design Editors: J.P. Jordan, B. Mehnert, A.C. Harfmann		Out of Print
1996	Design Computation: Collaboration, Reasoning, Pedagogy Editors: P. McIntosh and F. Ozel		Out of Print
1995	Computing in Design: Enabling, Capturing and Sharing Idea Editors: B. Kolarevic and L. Kalisperis		Out of Print
1994	Reconnecting Editors: A.C. Harfmann and M. Fraser		Out of print
1993	Education and Practice: The Critical Interface Editors: F. Morgan and R. Pohlman		Out of Print
1992	Mission, Method, Madness Editors: K. Kensek and D. Noble		Out of Print
1991	Reality-Virtual Reality Editors: J. G. Goldman and M.S. Zdepski		Out of Print
1990	From Research to Practice Editor: J. P. Jordan		Out of Print
1989	New Ideas and Directions for the 1990's Editor: C. I. Yessios		Out of Print
1988	Computing in Design Education Editor: P. J. Bancroft		Out of Print
1987	Integrating Computers into the Architectural Curriculum Editor: B. J. Novitski		Out of Print
1986	Architectural Education, Research and Practice in the Next Decade Editor: J. Turner		Out of Print
1985	ACADIA Workshop '85 Editor: P. G. McIntosh		Out of Print